It appears that the Staedler 309 Handwriting pen has been popular with schools for several years. It’s also said that this plastic nibbed pen creates a slight resistance to the paper. The effect being that it reduces the speed at which you write, hence the reason it is often the pen of choice in schools.
The Staedtler 309 has a moulded grip area, a pocket clip indicates the ink colour, they are available in blue or black.
Totally Random Pen Stuff 11 is a round-up of interesting pen related blog posts that we have recently come across.
I get to see a variety of different writing instruments.The Pilot Spotliter VW is a highlighter with a difference, I look at it as a two for the price of one option because it contains pink & yellow liquid ink in one pen.
Thinking about highlighters, I came across an amusing article the other day on the onion website, it stated that officers in the CIA have been using black indelible pens to highlight documents since the agency’s inception in 1947. This left much of the critical intelligence gathered illegible, whether this is true or false is anybody’s guess but I can’t see how it can be called highlighting.
I am looking at the Caran d’Ache 849 Fluo to review today. In a vibrant lime shade, this retractable ballpoint is undoubtedly eye-catching.
Caran d’Ache is the only company in Switzerland to manufacture pens, pencils & luxury writing instruments. Products are created by hand in workshops in Geneva, and the fusion of master craftsman & computer-assisted tools has helped the company gain recognition for superior quality & innovation.
• Would you pay $50 for a special ink pen if it came with a free ticket to a sold-out college football game?
The Daily Reveille reports that’s the deal scalpers are offering at Louisiana State University, where students buy cheap tickets to the game and turn a profit on them outside the stadium.